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Backroom staff to be laid off in focus on frontline care, says chief executive Margie Apa  

After Cyclone Gabrielle there were complaints that pharmacies were at the back of the queue for generators and fuel, leading to calls for them to be prioritised for future events. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports 

Natalie Gauld’s fundraising goal is tantalisingly close. The Auckland pharmacist has raised over $13,000 towards her $15,000 goal for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand

Successful uptake of the next-generation COVID vaccines will require a serious effort to re-engage the public, says Brisbane-based associate professor Paul Griffin

Forty per cent of contract holders with an Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement will not be represented in this year’s NAAR talks

Both New Zealand’s medical schools declined in the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject 

More than 1.4 million doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine have been destroyed - or are about to be - because they expired before they could be used this year

Many pharmacists fear making controlled drugs more available would lead criminals to increasingly target pharmacies at the same time as it potentially worsened opioid addiction problems

Emergency responders found Hawke’s Bay seasonal workers trapped by Cyclone Gabrielle living in conditions akin to “modern day slavery” 

Interactive prescribing tool EPiC has released full 2022 data showing positive trends